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A day at the Apple Store
Yesterday I called Apple Support in Germany. I was bracing myself for the worst: in Singapore, my experience with Apple Support is hardly pleasant and the people I usually get connected to are often...
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Märchengarten #1: the first few steps
One of the things I wanted to do with the kids while in Germany was visiting the Fairytale Gardens at Blühendes Barock. It’s not a sensational place to visit, but it is nicely done and situated in the...
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Märchengarten #2: Rapunzel
You know that Disney movie you liked, “Tangled“? Well, this is based on the classic fairytale “Rapunzel”. The gist of the original is there’s a pretty girl of royal heritage locked in the tower under...
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Märchengarten #3: Fütter mich!
For some reasons, one of the things I have vivid childhood memories of in the fairytale gardens is this dragon. What this is is basically a fancy paper trashbin. The dragon says: Fütter mich! Fütter...
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Märchengarten #4: Der Riese Goliath
This is actually not referring to a German fairytale, but to the biblical story of David versus Goliath. No idea why they put this here, maybe they had some bricks left over. Makes for a good photo,...
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Märchengarten #6: Die roten Schuhe
I did not know this fairytale, to be frank. While the shoes move in a circle, which is arguably a poor man’s illusion of “dancing”, the story is narrated by a robotic voice which is far too low to make...
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Märchengarten #7: Papagei
I don’t think this parrot stands for any particular fairytale. I did not know about it, so I wonder whether it was added rather recently to, hum, “modernize” the gardens. So here’s what this does: a...
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Märchengarten #9: Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot
This one is again based on a true fairytale. There’s a hut and when you manage to activate the show with some weird contraption… … the story plays in one of the windows of the house. Again one of the...
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Märchengarten #10: Der Wolf und die Sieben Geißlein
Like so many of the German fairytales, this one’s a true classic. The baby goats who hide from the wolf are displayed in the living room of their house as they try and find a safe place where the wolf...
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Märchengarten #16: Hänsel und Gretel
We had hardly set a foot into the gardens when my mom was already teaching Oskar the classic line from Hansel and Gretel: Witch: Knusper, knusper Knäuschen, wer knuspert an meinem Häuschen? Hansel and...
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Märchengarten #17: The boat ride
Another classic in the gardens is the boat ride. There are a bunch of blue boats which I swear have always looked like this and will keep on looking like this in 1000 years, I am sure. One boat was too...
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Märchengarten #18: Seerosenkönig
I actually have no clue what this fairytale is about, but I think the little throne amongst the fountains is just pretty cool…
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Märchengarten #19: The little train
There is a little train that runs a circle in the garden. The ride is cheap and it’s a lot of fun for young and old. When you are sitting on it you look of cause like a total moron…
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Märchengarten #20: Break
After the train ride we had a little break with Duplo and Kinderschokolade. In the meantime the sun had come out and it became even more lovely and enjoyable outside. Here’s Thomas exploring a bench…...
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Märchengarten #21
Now it was time to go back home. Oskar wanted to pass by the Rapunzel castle again, however, so I took a detour with him so he could call for the hair once more. On the way we had to conquer these...
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